Hey guys,
I've come for a rant and a vent if you'll indulge me...
I've mentioned before how much comfort I get from an online young widow support group I'm in (for those that don't know, my fiancé died by suicide last year). Well I've just had to quit the Suicide Widow sub-group.
Someone posted asking the question if you could ever date someone with mental health issues again and a whole bunch of them said no.
Like of course, I understand why they would say that and that it's a trauma reaction but fuck man to be so judgemental and ill informed when you yourself have just been through this exact shit is baffling. This is exactly why people don't speak up about their struggles. This is from the same people who bemoan the fact they never saw it coming with their partners or the same people who claim to want to destigmatize suicide and yet push comes to shove, they'd turn their back on someone in pain.
Not to mention that by their own matrix, they themselves would be undatable as they're all suffering from trauma loss which is a mental health issue.
I'm furious.
It truly is the greatest example of how fundamentally selfish and self interested people are. Even the people who should be the most empathetic still don't get it. What hope do any of us have convincing your man on the street.
I've come for a rant and a vent if you'll indulge me...
I've mentioned before how much comfort I get from an online young widow support group I'm in (for those that don't know, my fiancé died by suicide last year). Well I've just had to quit the Suicide Widow sub-group.
Someone posted asking the question if you could ever date someone with mental health issues again and a whole bunch of them said no.
Like of course, I understand why they would say that and that it's a trauma reaction but fuck man to be so judgemental and ill informed when you yourself have just been through this exact shit is baffling. This is exactly why people don't speak up about their struggles. This is from the same people who bemoan the fact they never saw it coming with their partners or the same people who claim to want to destigmatize suicide and yet push comes to shove, they'd turn their back on someone in pain.
Not to mention that by their own matrix, they themselves would be undatable as they're all suffering from trauma loss which is a mental health issue.
I'm furious.
It truly is the greatest example of how fundamentally selfish and self interested people are. Even the people who should be the most empathetic still don't get it. What hope do any of us have convincing your man on the street.
